2010 Technology Predictions [+rep for playing!]

[The Professor]

CNET's buzz out loud podcast do this every year (as I'm sure a lot of other publications do too) so I thought this might be fun on hxf!

Basically post what you think will (or won't) happen during the next year in the tech world. It can be things on the internet, new devices and software that might or might not come out or a paradigm shift that you think will happen that no-one else saw coming (like mp3 players being implanted into birds for universal speakers). In a year we'll dig the thread up and see how many people were right or wrong! Post as many or as few things as you want and don't take the piss saying stuff like "flying cars won't come out".

I'll start off:

• Myspace will be closed down or bought by an obscure company and will be never be heard from again
• Apple will release a tablet computer which will fail on its arse
• We will see a glimpse of one of the next generations of games console
• Windows mobile will take a massive market share hit and will be released on very few new phones by december
• Opera desktop browser will increase it's market share
• Half life 2 episode 3 won't come out

[adaym]

iphone will stop being a fad.

[Markeh]

• Almost every PC will come with a touch screen
• Android and webOS will start to become key mobile OSs, and by the end of year will be starting to catch up with the iPhone.
• Vodafone might actually give its customers free access to Facebook!
• An iPhone will be launched in June, with a better camera, and hopefully multi-tasking. A new Nano will be announced in September, in several horrible colours, probably with a 2MP or 3.2MP camera. along with an iPod touch (likely with camera, and 128Gb storage space), and a bigger iPod Classic (250Gb), and a shuffle, which will be higher capacity and smaller (up to 16Gb).
• Quad-core processors will be standard in most £4-500 PCs.
• Netbooks will get thinner, faster, better spec'd, cheaper, and will stop using that god awful Windows 7 starter edition
• Twitter will see a HUGE increase in usage, Facebook won't, and Myspace and Bebo will be nearly dead.
• There will be a HUGE rise of interest in Spotify.
• OLED prices will drop significantly.
• Nvidia will launch a DX11 chip very late in the year, if not in 2011.
• AMD will have a 6-core processor nearly ready to sell
• Blu-ray recorders will fall under £200, and players under £50
• More and more places will provide free Wi-Fi
• The Rickroll will be effectively dead, and will have been replaced with some other mistake (probably Kanye West at the VMAs)
• Freeview HD.
• One 3D channel on Sky, probably on its own little extortionately priced package
• There will be a mobile phone readily available for £5.
• 2Tb will be the norm for HDD storage.

[Jordy]

• Google Voice takes over Skype in the US, and possibly the UK depending on whether it's released over here
• Apple's tablet will be surprisingly popular, forcing other manufacturers to begin making them (Dell tablet anyone?)
• Netbooks sales will drop as laptop prices lower and smartphones become more capable
• Android over takes iPhone marketshare
• Once again, no significant changes will be made to the iPhone or iPod Touch. Presumably just some minor OS changes and Disk Space increased
• Windows Mobile 7 develops considerably interest towards the end of the year
• Successor to both the Wii & Xbox 360 announced or leaked during the year, although it might be a year or two until somethings actually released
• Google Chrome OS fails as there's no real need for it despite it being a great idea
• Twitter usage will decline and might be bought by a large firm, eBay, Google, Microsoft, News Corporation, one of them
• Google Wave will do very well and improve a lot

[AgnesIO]

• Apple will release it's own line of touchscreen computers. They will charge about £3,000 for this.
• iPhone contracts will stay the same.
• A new generation of iPhone's will be released
• Many computers will come with 2TB storage
• i7 Processors will much more common in Dell computers
• Intel Quad-Core will be the norm in new computers
• Alienware will release a new touchscreen gaming PC
• More online storage
• Habbox will have 200 more members offering crap hosting
• Google Wave will finish BETA stage
• Sky will offer 3D channels
• Sky+3D will be released, offering HD and 3D channels
• Googles new computer OS will be a hit, but not many computer companys will install the OS onto there computers
• All new touchscreen phones will have an APP store
• OLED will become a more popular buy.
• Plasma Screen TV's will be the norm in many houses

• Apple WON'T start charging there prices in the UK
• Sony Vaio laptops WON'T become boring

My little input

[Callum.]

• Myspace get's sold and the owners cash in on what used to be a good site.
• Blackberrys will rule.
• Xboxs drop more in price.
• Gears 3 will be fail if it comes out.
• Twitter will gradually become less popular.

I'll also +rep for playing.

[Glitter]

More of something i've heard rather than a prediction.. but all phone chargers will be universal.. for example you could have the same charger for a samsung, nokia, or lg etc.
maybe they'll do it with other things too.. like laptops or whatevz?

[The Professor]

More of something i've heard rather than a prediction.. but all phone chargers will be universal.. for example you could have the same charger for a samsung, nokia, or lg etc.
maybe they'll do it with other things too.. like laptops or whatevz?

Yeah they say they're going to do that soon, you can have that as a prediction if you like!

[Laurensh1]

Google Chrome OS will fail.
Firefox will be dominating in browsers
Microsoft Office 2010 will rule
Phone chargers will be better yeah, EU decided that.

[Alkaz]

23'' computer screens will become the standardised size for computers.